Torodora parakarismata

Park, Kyu-Tek & Lee, Sangmi, 2012, Two new species of the Torodora karismata species complex and a new species of the Torodora leucochlora species complex (Lepidoptera: Lecithoceridae: Torodorinae), Zootaxa 3547, pp. 46-54 : 47

Torodora karismata species complex

Torodora karismata Park, 2010 , was described from Thailand. The species is clearly distinguished from congeners by having dark-fuscous wings with various shapes and sizes of whitish costal patches. However, two additional species which closely resembles T. karismata are described from N. Sumatra and Sabah, Malaysian Borneo. They can be distinguished from each other by the shape of the whitish costal patches in the forewing and the male or female genitalia as diagnosed in the following new species. The abdomens have dense spinous zones on the tergites. Three species, T. karismata Park , T parakarismata Park , sp. nov., T. sabahana Park , sp. nov., are known.